Understanding knowledge utilization determinants: An empirical analysis on work creativity and job design

Micro-foundations are attracting the attention of different research fields. Their argument that higher-level outcomes should be analyzed by firstly considering the underlying individuals’ behaviors is particularly relevant when knowledge processes are to be studied. However, so far our understanding of how micro-foundations contribute to their explanation is limited. In order to fill this gap, this proposal analyzes the relationship between individuals' variables and their knowledge utilization behaviors and empirically tests a sample of 741 employees from two Danish consulting firms. The aim is to contribute to the call for more research that investigates the individual-level of analysis in order to better explain higher level-phenomena and to extend existing research on knowledge processes by devoting attention to the less explored knowledge utilization dimension.